Nynke van den Bergh, director of music theatre

The Dutch director Nynke van den Bergh (Amsterdam, 1979) Studied Theatre Studies at the University of Amsterdam (MA in 2003). During her studies she found out that directing is her passion, and therefore she participated in various intensive (physical) acting- and directing courses (for example with the Russian director Sergej Ostrenko). She started directing already during her studies.

After her studies Nynke gained experience as assistant director at Schauspielhaus Leipzig (Germany), Holland Opera (Amersfoort, The Netherlands) and Opera Zuid (Maastricht, The Netherlands). At the latter company, she worked with a variety of directors, such as Katja Czellnik, Bruno Berger-Gorski, David Prins, Nicola Glück and Frank van Laecke. In 2011 she had the honour to assist the great German director Harry Kupfer at his staging of the opera Kat’a Kabanova (Janacek).

This season (2016/2017) Nynke will direct De berg van Tom (an opera about cycling) for Opera 2.0, Le Nozze di Figaro for Barok Opera Amsterdam and a new production for Opera Nijetrijne, based on Il Mondo alla Rovescia (Salieri).For more information about future projects, please take a look at the agenda